BJA FY 15 Technology Innovation for Public Safety (TIPS)

The summary for the BJA FY 15 Technology Innovation for Public Safety (TIPS) grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Bureau of Justice Assistance, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

BJA FY 15 Technology Innovation for Public Safety (TIPS): While many jurisdictions are making significant progress implementing justice information-sharing solutions to address critical gaps in coordinating crime prevention across organizations and jurisdictions, there remain significant challenges that inhibit the ability of the criminal justice system to respond to threats to public safety, especially when it comes to stemming violent crime and homicide. For this solicitation, justice information-sharing technology refers to any technology (hardware and/or software, hosted residentially or remotely) that plays a role in the collection, storage, sharing, and analysis of criminal justice data. Funding under this program is provided to assist state, local, and tribal jurisdictions in enhancing their information-sharing capacity through the use of innovative technological solutions such that they may more effectively address disproportional and precipitous increases in crime.
The goals of the funding program include:
1. Promoting information sharing and collaboration within and among criminal justice agencies that have a role in preventing and investigating crime.
2. Developing and enhancing policies and practices that leverage technology to promote public safety and reduce crime.
3. Supporting implementation of information-sharing solutions at the local, regional, state, tribal, and national levels that have a measureable positive impact on the crime trends identified by the applying jurisdiction.
4. Improving the quantity and quality of evidence-based justice information-sharing programs.

Federal Grant Title:	BJA FY 15 Technology Innovation for Public Safety (TIPS)
Federal Agency Name:	Bureau of Justice Assistance
Grant Categories:	Law Justice and Legal Services
Type of Opportunity:	Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number:	BJA-2015-4196
Type of Funding:	Grant
CFDA Numbers:	16.738
CFDA Descriptions:	Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program
Current Application Deadline:	Jul 2, 2015
Original Application Deadline:	Jul 2, 2015
Posted Date:	May 14, 2015
Creation Date:	May 14, 2015
Archive Date:	Aug 1, 2015
Total Program Funding:
Maximum Federal Grant Award:	$500,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award:	$0
Expected Number of Awards:
Cost Sharing or Matching:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: State governments
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
City or township governments
County governments
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Eligible applicants are limited to public agencies of state governments, units of local government, and tribal entities that perform criminal justice functions (or government agencies acting as fiscal agents for eligible applicants). Furthermore, to be eligible for funding applicants must propose solutions that target jurisdictions that are currently experiencing precipitous or extraordinary increases in crime, in accordance with 42 U.S.C. § 3756(b)(1).
BJA welcomes applications that involve two or more entities; however, one eligible entity must be the applicant and the others must be proposed as subrecipients. The applicant must be the entity with primary responsibility for administering the funding and managing the entire project. Only one application per lead applicant will be considered, although subrecipients may be part of multiple proposals.
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Technical Assistance

Bureau of Justice Assistance 202-353-7193
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